useR 2019 - Toulouse - 2019/07/09

Produce publication ready thematic maps

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Previously:

sp & rgeos

Since version 2.0.0:

sf

Alternative Solutions

ggplot2 (Wickham, 2016) + ggspatial (Dunnington, 2018)

  • A general purpose graphic library
  • Better integration of sf objects.

tmap (Tennekes, 2018)

  • A mapping library with similar functionalities
  • Uses a different grammar (à la ggplot2)
  • Allows interactive maps
  • Uses more dependancies

Main Features: Symbologies

Main Features: Transformations

Main Features: Map Layout

Documentation

Examples

  • osrm: Get road distances (time) between each municipalities.

  • SpatialPosition: Compute gravitationnal accessibility based on road distances.

  • cartography: Classify data, color palettes, choropleth map, legend, map layout, figure ratio for export.

  • sf: a lot of tricks

  • cartography::propSymolsLayer()

  • cartography::layoutLayer()

  • cartography::getPencilLayer()

  • cartography::choroLayer()

  • spatstats: KDE.

  • tanaka: Shaded contour lines.

  • cartography: Legend, map layout.

  • cartography::choroLayer()

  • cartography::getBorders()

  • cartography::discLayer()